Army & Navy: Market Notes

Japanese long rifle. . .$100 or 2 quarts hard liquor
Japanese short
rifle

(newer model) $150, or 3 quarts

Sniper's rifle with telescope sight. .$700-$1,000*

Officer's pistol $500-$700*

Nambu machine gun $300, or 6 quarts

Samurai sword, fancy $800-$1,000*

Samurai sword, plain $500-$700*

¶Japanese flags opened strong, asking as high as $100, steadily
declined when sailor-men found some of the souvenirs they had bought
were made by marines and soldiers, lettered with Japanese ideographs
copied from packing cases, e.g., "handle with care."